There is a new cheap DVD company in town. Digiview LLC www.digiviewus.com I am not sure where the town is but the DVD pressing is happening in China and Walmart is selling them at $1, a whole penny more then the 99 Cent Only Store.
Their Cartoon Craze series seemed to be licensed material instead of public domain films. Good stuff too.
The Van Beuren Aesop`s Fables Sound Cartoons are from the very early days of sound animation 1929 to 1931, with a 1932 Schlesinger Harman-Ising Bosko cartoon and a 1949 very sad Bill Tytla famous Studio Cartoon.
What makes the Tytla so sad is the recreation of the Dopey head slosh scene from Snow White in this over sweet Leprechaun`s Gold piece of do-do.
The 6 Van Beuren sound cartoons are from the same time period as their Tom and Jerry (not the cat and mouse) classics and shares the same surreal twisted point of view as the musical bean poll and his ball shaped friend.
- A Close Call 1929
- A Dizzy Day 1933 (very twisted)
- A Toytown Tale 1930
- Animal Fair 1931
- Circus Capers 1930
- Cinderella Blues 1931 (least twisted of the group)
- The Bosko is from 1932 and is named Yodeling Yokels
- Leprechaun`s Gold is from 1949 and is of the over sweet Famous style. A small price to pay for the other films.
The transfer is very good. The image is clean and clear and the sound is pristine. All and all a good buy and a nice job of restoring.
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